Marcia Lou Lucas (née Griffin; October 4, 1945 – May 27, 2026) was an American film editor, best known for her work editing Star Wars (1977) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
Marcia died from cancer at her vacation home in Rancho Mirage, California, on May 27, 2026 at the age of 80.
She worked on other notable films by her then-husband George Lucas: THX 1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973). She also edited Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), and New York, New York (1977).
Marcia Lucas won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Star Wars.
She was previously nominated for an Academy Award for her film editing on American Graffiti and for a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Taxi Driver. After a career gap while raising her family, Lucas produced two films in the 1990s
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